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Robert Downey JR as well... 😉
I was also surprised yet cheekily happy that KOTFM didn't take home any awards, as I thought it was incredibly overrated and I think Scorsese has infinitely better films out there more deserving of Oscars, but that's just my tiny minority opinion on that one. I was really figuring Gladstone had the win locked down though, as she was a constant shining beacon throughout that film and probably my favorite part of it.
Big smiles all around for Miyazaki getting an Oscar, while I had some hopes that Perfect Days or Society of the Snow could've won Best International Feature. The Zone of Interest was another one that was a little overblown in its estimations, I felt, but again, I'm clearly in a minority in that opinion.
I agree with you about Scorsese and KOTFM. He definitely has better movies that should have won the Oscars. I'm happy with the wins though, more so than other years. He has a better attitude about it, compared to this guy playing the race card.
Also, I respect that both Scorsese and Emma Stone acknowledged her, and offered some support publicly. Jada didn't do that for Will!
Pacino should have won for:
Godfather
Godfather II
Dog Day Afternoon
Serpico.
He won for… Scent of a Woman ( 😞).
Denzel Washington was beaten by Pacino, for Best Actor, but he should have won for Malcolm X, but…. He won for… Training Day.
The late, great Tom Wilkinson should probably have beaten Denzel that year.
Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director and he won…. Zero times.
Scorsese should have won Best Director for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas (the latter was lost to Dances With Wolves’s, Kevin Costner)… And my own belief is he should have beaten Nolan for KOTFM, and; one of KOTFM, or Poor Things should have beaten Oppenheimer for Best Film (never have I seen a film before, where the title is the name of the lead character, and I learned almost nothing about the protagonist (and the last act, IMO, was where, finally, the real drama lay))… But, all my opinion and why art is subjective…
I stopped watching the Oscars a long time ago as I felt I was watching millions of dollars sunk into political-type campaigns to win, at all costs, what amounts to, in most cases, a popularity contest.
As for Pacino’s gaffe: he, and one of the producers of the show, have said that that is the way they wanted to present the final award for the night. The belief was that they had shown clips and chatted about the nominees all throughout the night, and they felt that was enough. But, by all accounts, Pacino was doing what was asked of him.
💯 % @Creasy47 …. When I saw clips from this year’s show, I turned off most of them within ten seconds. Pretty cringey stuff, although I admit my favourite part was seeing Emma Stone slide eyes to her husband and call Kimmel a pr!ck.
That was genuinely funny, and about the only authentic thing I saw, 😂!!
Also Annette Bening, Glenn Close, and Amy Adams for god's sake! A lot of times these actors should have won for their first, or breakout roles (think of Kathy Bates in Misery), but they don't win, and then the Oscars are forever playing catch-up.
Then again, Cary Grant never won and was barely nominated, and I think his reputation is just fine.
Yeah, Grant was always thought to be 'just playing himself,' which he was in a way, Archie Leach's ingenious creation. And effortless performances are less valued than those in which an actor is seen to be acting. Usually in something portentous. As Grant was himself in None But the Lonely Heart, ironically the performance that comes closest to what we know of the real Archie Leach .....
I agree with you. I read about it, and it was mean spirited. Downey Jr had an addiction. He paid the price, he got clean and sober, he has been very giving and sharing about these times, and it's time for all to move on (I mean it must be close to 20 years (or more?) that he's been clean?)
And @thedove , I'm also not a fan. Kimmel seems to lace his "humour" with bitterness and a healthy undercurrent of anger...
Not bad, and it won the Golden Globes, but not really my style.
Two songs from the same movie ? I think the last time was in the 90s, IIRC. Still, I like this one better.
Good song, from a movie about an episode of WW II I only learned about last year or so.
A bit like the above.
Love Elton John, like this song. If he wins, he will equal Frank Sinatra.
So this year, I think the winner among those songs will be Sir Elton's.
Were they high when they staged this?
They should have had Michael and Barbara say something. Or had some of the other Bond Oscar winning alumni have a say.
Not surprising. They really only focused on his contributions to film.
You wanna be startin’ somethin?’ ;)
Glad to see Anora did so well, it’s an excellent film. And I really need to see Flow. Disappointed but not surprised Nosferatu came up empty.
Anora's good but so are all his other movies ...
Very human, very funny!
https://variety.com/2025/awards/news/james-bond-oscars-tribute-lisa-doja-cat-raye-margaret-qualley-1236320054/
The New York Times called it a tribute that felt like a farewell. "Less like an ode and more like a confused funeral wake."